Laophattananews, the publication of the Lao Journalists’ Association, recently published an article highlighting its positive impression of the growth rate of Vietnam’s tourism industry.
Golden Bridge (Da Nang) is one of the favorite tourist destinations of many international tourists when coming to Vietnam. Photo: @frantzeska_v.
According to information cited in the article, Vietnam welcomed over 8.8 million international visitors in the first half of the year, an increase of 4.1% compared to the period before the Covid-19 pandemic.
The news site also provided data on the number of tourists arriving in Vietnam by air this year, accounting for 83.8%, equivalent to 7.4 million visitors.
The article also expressed an impression of the number of tourists coming to Vietnam from the Northeast Asian region, such as South Korea and China. According to the survey, tourists from this region accounted for up to 47.2% of the total number of international visitors to Vietnam.
Laophattananews stated that these are the two main markets helping Vietnam’s tourism industry to recover rapidly. In addition, the number of tourists from China to Vietnam also saw the strongest increase recorded in the past two years.
The newspaper commented that the number of international visitors to Vietnam would continue to increase strongly in the second half of the year, predicting that “Lao’s neighboring country” will achieve the goal of welcoming 17 to 18 million foreign tourists this year.
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Source: Vietnam Insider